Software Engineer III - Cloud Data Platform Engineering (AWS, Terraform & Databricks)

Your expertise in cloud infrastructure and data platforms can shape how an entire enterprise accesses, processes, and trusts its data. At JPMorganChase, we build platforms that operate at a scale few organizations ever encounter — and we do it with a team that values craftsmanship, collaboration, and continuous improvement. This is an opportunity to grow your skills, deepen your cloud and data platform expertise, and make a direct impact on solutions that matter to the business and the people it serves.

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorganChase within the Cloud Data Platform team, you will be hands-on designing, provisioning, and operating a modern cloud data platform built on AWS and Databricks. You will partner with data engineers, security, and platform teams to deliver infrastructure that is scalable, secure, and production-ready. Your work will enable reliable, well-governed analytics workloads that drive insight and decision‐making across the firm.

Job responsibilities * Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, including networking, security, compute, storage, and managed services, following infrastructure‐as‐code best practices * Develop and manage Databricks platform capabilities — including workspaces, clusters, policies, jobs, libraries, and integrations — to support production‐grade data workloads * Build automation around platform provisioning and operations using Python or Java, reducing manual effort and improving consistency across environments * Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform deployments, including Terraform plan/apply workflows, policy checks, and automated testing * Implement security best practices across the platform, including least‐privilege access controls, secrets management, encryption, network segmentation, and auditability * Improve platform reliability through observability tooling — logging, metrics, and tracing — alongside alerting, incident response practices, and performance and cost optimization * Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business and technical requirements into scalable platform designs, and document standards, patterns, and runbooks for team‐wide use * Leverage enterprise‐authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards * Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise‐authorized AI‐assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills * Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and proficient applied experience * Strong hands‐on experience provisioning AWS infrastructure with Terraform, including modules, remote state, workspace/environment management, and change management workflows * Solid experience with core AWS services relevant to cloud data platforms, such as VPC, IAM, S3, EC2/ECS/EKS, RDS, KMS, CloudWatch, and load balancing * Working experience with Databricks, including platform administration and/or building and supporting production workloads * Proficiency in Python (preferred) or Java, with demonstrated ability to build automation, tooling, and platform integrations * Experience with Git‐based workflows and CI/CD practices applied to infrastructure and platform delivery * Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and data or platform pipelines * Hands‐on experience using enterprise‐authorized AI‐assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, testing, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate and validate AI‐generated outputs * Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills * Experience with data lakehouse architectures using Delta Lake, Apache Spark, or similar open‐source frameworks * Familiarity with AWS‐native data services such as Glue, Lake Formation, Redshift, or Athena * Exposure to data governance practices including cataloging, lineage tracking, and data access control at the platform layer * AWS certification(s) in cloud architecture, data, security, or DevOps disciplines * Experience working in regulated industries where security, auditability, and compliance are core platform requirements

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